Excise team seizes illicit country-made liquor, 3 held.
State excise department team on Friday seized huge quantity of illicit country-made liquor at Bhilai Pahari under MGM police station area early this morning.
The team also arrested three persons, including the trader involved in collecting illicit country-made liquor from various pockets from the rural pockets in the East Singhbhum district and selling them in the city. Those arrested have been identified as Nagendra Shao, the illicit liquor trader, Sahjada Ansari and Amar Kumar Mahto.
Revealing about the breakthrough, an official said that total quantity of illicit liquor was 750 litres. “Acting on a tip-off we acted against those involved. The country-made liquor was stuffed in truck tyres and was being carried in an auto-rickshaw from MGM police station area’s Bhilai Pahari to Ulidih in Mango. As we stopped the vehicle, the three accused tried to flee, but we nabbed them,” said the official.
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